“Heads”
All geneticists like Dr. Travis have
to understand how traits are inherited from parents to
offspring.
We’re going to learn a little bit
about inherited
traits today in class.
But first, we have to
talk about PROBABILITY.
The rules of probability are used to predict what outcome we expect to get from a particular
genetic cross.
As an example, let’s toss a coin.
“Tails”
When
you toss a coin, there are only 2 likely outcomes: